Kennesaw
Kennesaw is a city in Metro Atlanta. It is perhaps known for having a law that requires all households resident in the city to own a gun, although this law is seldom if ever enforced.
Photo: Davepies, Public domain.- Type: Town with 34,300 residents
- Description: city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States
- Also known as: “Big Shanty”, “Kennesaw (Georgia)”, “Kennesaw, GA”, “Kennesaw, Georgia”, “Кеннесаw”, “केनेसः (ज्योर्जिया)”, and “केनेसः, ज्योर्जिया”
- Postal codes: 30144 and 30152
Places of Interest
Highlights: Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History and Cobb County International Airport.
Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
Museum
The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive…
Kennesaw Mountain High School
School
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Kennesaw
- Categories: city in the United States, municipality of Georgia, and locality
- Location: Cobb, Metro Atlanta, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.0234° or 34° 1′ 24″ north
Longitude
-84.6155° or 84° 36′ 56″ west
Population
34,300
Elevation
1,089 feet (332 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US KSW
Open location code
866Q29FM+9R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Kennesaw” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كينيساو”
- Basque: “Kennesaw”
- Belarusian: “Кенесоў”
- Catalan: “Kennesaw”
- Cebuano: “Kennesaw”
- Chamorro: “Kennesaw”
- Chechen: “Кеннесо”
- Chinese: “肯尼索”
- Chinese: “肯納索”
- Chinese: “肯納索縣”
- Chinese: “肯纳索县”
- Czech: “Kennesaw”
- Danish: “Kennesaw”
- Dutch: “Kennesaw”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كينيساو”
- Esperanto: “Kennesaw”
- French: “Kennesaw”
- German: “Kennesaw”
- Gilaki: “کنساو (جؤرجيا)”
- Gilaki: “کنساو”
- Haitian: “Kennesaw, Georgie”
- Haitian: “Kennesaw”
- Hebrew: “קנסו”
- Hungarian: “Kennesaw”
- Ido: “Kennesaw, Georgia”
- Ido: “Kennesaw”
- Irish: “Kennesaw”
- Italian: “Kennesaw”
- Japanese: “ケネソー”
- Ladin: “Kennesaw (Georgia (stat American))”
- Ladin: “Kennesaw)”
- Marathi: “केनेसॉ”
- Mazanderani: “کنساو”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kennesaw”
- Newari: “केनेसः, जर्जिया”
- Newari: “केनेसः”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kennesaw”
- Norwegian: “Kennesaw”
- Persian: “کنساو، جورجیا”
- Persian: “کنساو”
- Polish: “Kennesaw”
- Portuguese: “Kennesaw”
- Russian: “Кеннесо”
- Serbian: “Кенесо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kennesaw, Georgia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kennesaw”
- Silesian: “Kennesaw”
- Slovak: “Kennesaw”
- South Azerbaijani: “کنزاو، جورجیا”
- South Azerbaijani: “کنساو، جورجیا”
- Spanish: “Kennesaw”
- Swedish: “Kennesaw, Georgia”
- Swedish: “Kennesaw”
- Talysh: “Kenneso”
- Tatar: “Кеннесо”
- Turkish: “Kennesaw”
- Ukrainian: “Кеннесо”
- Urdu: “کینساؤ، جارجیا”
- Uzbek: “Kennesaw”
- Volapük: “Kennesaw”
- Welsh: “Kennesaw, Georgia”
- Welsh: “Kennesaw”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Big Shanty Village Historic District and Prichard Park.
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